UN Reform

Drug policy exposes splits in long-held alliances

...At last year’s 67 session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the UN’s drug policy decision making body, member states embraced the need for harm reduction in the global response to drugs. ...

Posted on 25 Mar 2025

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Geocriminality, EAS-Obs

Geopolitics and illicit economies in the South Caucasus

...At a geographic intersection between East and West, the South Caucasus has long sought to work with, or contend with, external powers on either side of the compass. The countries in the former Soviet ...

Posted on 20 Mar 2025

Crime & Conflict, Geocriminality, JIED

Of kingdoms and crooks: The rise of geocriminality

...Globalization, state–crime collaboration and tense geopolitical conditions have given rise to a troubling new phenomenon. More needs to be done to better understand this emerging threat and its impl...

Posted on 17 Mar 2025

Author(s): Martin Thorley

Global Organized Crime Index, Sanctions and organized crime, UN - Security and Rights, APA-Obs

Cashing in on conflict: Illicit economies and the Myanmar civil war

Cashing in on conflict

...For over 60 years, illicit economies have fueled Myanmar’s conflicts, shaping political power, financing insurgencies, and sustaining armed actors. Since the 2021 coup, the interplay between organiz...

Posted on 10 Mar 2025

Author(s): Alastair Macbeath

Eco-Solve

Second Security and Development Dialogue on Environmental Crime

Second Security and Development Dialogue on Environmental Crime

...Recent discussions among governments, international organizations and civil society have highlighted persistent obstacles to progress in the fight against environmental crime. While environmental cri...

Posted on 06 Mar 2025